Torrent Madness

[swestrup]

Last night I went a bit crazy (its a subtle thing, the differences between a bit crazy, kind-of crazy and somewhat crazy) and queued up a hundred or so movies and documentaries to download from various torrent sources. I had been looking for just one obscure movie to assauge my boredom and kept finding other stuff that I had never seen so I kept adding them to the queue.

One of these obscure movies was StarCrash, which has got to be the worst bit of SF dreck I have actually managed to sit through and watch. (But then again, no one has ever inflicted Plan-9 on me, so what do I know?) Its almost downloaded now. I think I will need a victim to force to watch it with me, or else I may not survive watching it again.

Comments

[dread-queen.livejournal.com]

I think you should download Battle Royale... *evil grin*

[swestrup]

Nah, I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of gore/violence. I'm too big a wuss! Its why I didn't go to your Ichi movie night, although it sounded like you had a great gang of people together.

[dread-queen.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh ok... what genre of movies do you prefer!? (maybe I can think of something better to recommend) hehe

[swestrup]

Oh, I dunno. Science Fiction/Fantasy, Action/Adventure and cartoons/animation are the big ones for me.

[dread-queen.livejournal.com]

Have you seen The Island!? Thats a great movie I highly recommend it!

[swestrup]

Nope. I'll have to check it out!

[ramaxela.livejournal.com]

I want to see StarCrash.

I think I'll go torrent-hunting.

[swestrup]

I found it here.

[ramaxela.livejournal.com]

That's a much nicer transfer rate and file than the one I found - 4.something gigs. Thank you!

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew how to download. I have a shiny new Sony DVD burner and various software and still I am clueless!

[swestrup]

Well, I'm not too well informed on the Mac side of things, but I'd suggest:

1) Downloading and installing Azureus as its a well-known torrent client that works on the Mac.

2) Reading the User's Guide if you get stuck and then

3) Going to a large torrent site like Mininova, and downloading a .torrent file or two with your web browser. Depending on your setup, this should wake up Azureus and it will use the info in the .torrent files to find and download your selections.

[rosy1.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan (an ambitious plan, but a plan nonetheless ;] ).

I hate having to watch tv when it's on, you know?

Like Rockstar Supernova is not on until 10 tonight and I am so not going to make it.